just4tehhalibut wrote:When you get to South St heading south stay on the bikepath and take a right, halfway between the freeway and Murdoch Dr is a crossover point, before we had the underpasses on South St this used to be the alternative to waiting at the South St lights, often a faster crossing, except in peak hour. This crossing also connects to Urbahns Rd, I sometimes head for this from the Parry Ave detour instead of trying to get back onto the much maligned bikepath. You'd turn right at Parry Ave instead of trying left for the bikepath, left on Marsengo Rd, after it doglegs right turn left on Broadhurst Cres then take Urbahns. We're back to the old backroads for a while.

I think I'm going to get used to going that way now until the works are finally over.

just4tehhalibut wrote:When you get to South St heading south .... We're back to the old backroads for a while.

I think I'm going to get used to going that way now until the works are finally over.

Eyeballing it now on Google Maps - I think I'll give it a go as well. I came out on the Scoulier Way portion last Friday night only to have a stretch Hummer Limo pull up in front of me - in the middle of the road - just before path restarts and a heap of excited pre party goers tumble out all over the place.

Bogan: (noun) Anyone who still thinks a stretch limo is classy.

- KymProud to have been a regular during BNA's heyday. I'm still reachable by PM (email alerts) - dec 2016

just4tehhalibut wrote:When you get to South St heading south .... We're back to the old backroads for a while.

I think I'm going to get used to going that way now until the works are finally over.

Tried this on Friday night just gone. Marginally smoother run to South St. heading south. Though I still was a bit confused about where to pick the PSP around the new Hospital and Murdoch station entrances. Likely to be a dogs breakfast for a while yet there. I ended up catching the Trainstation lift downto the carpark once I'd bviously overshot the intended access path.

If I wasn't turning off on Farrington to get to the Roe H'way path I'd probably just carry along Murdoch Drive to pick up the path further south along the Freeway.

- KymProud to have been a regular during BNA's heyday. I'm still reachable by PM (email alerts) - dec 2016

Detour is in place now, and it's a complete mess north of South St. Piles of sand on the path and chunks of pavement missing where it looks like they're attempting to repair some sections. So watch out through there.

And yeah, 4 extra stoplights now if you take the detour, 3 at South St. that take ages to turn. Looks like the alternate routes posted earlier are going to be much faster. And heading south, you might as well just head all the way over the Murdoch Dr. and catch the path down at Farrington. Anything to bypass the mess of entrances around the new parking lot.

ok ..........sounds a bit long winded but why don't you northbound commuters hop off at Farrington, left (AT) Findlay by the shops and right down westminster and join Karel, nice fast shoulder to ride on (I live in Leeming and use it 4 times a week), left at Brockman, down Ewing and Bull creek drive, over at the lights and you're on Pulo with a fast road surface down the esplanade? Takes me average 14-17 mins from Westminster to Raffles.....sounds like an awfully large amount of farting around but south st etc sounds like complete carnage now

I just made a map of the couple alternate routes that have been mentioned. I've been taking the red route this week, works just great and much better than the route the detour signs want us to take. I tend to modify the red route slightly on the way back south, crossing Parry following the detour, then riding down Scouler Way over to Marsengo. The cars heading west along Parry have a very poor sightline when they get to the roundabout at Morphett, so I don't trust them to see and yield to me if I'm turning right at the roundabout. Plus the fact they've been used to us crossing at the path, thus yielding to them, for the past 6+ months. I don't want to re-educate them the hard way by ending up on the hood of their car.

There's also a path closure on the freeway path between Mundijong Rd and the exit path onto ZigZag Rd, Baldivis. Sign says path is closed now 7am to 5pm, to 27.07.12, but when I came down there at 3:30pm yesterday the path was still intact apart from a lot of witches hats and shrubbery removed, and no he about. Maybe they haven't gotten fully started yet.

I looked on the Main Roads website, nothing about this. I know that I can just use Baldivis Rd between Mundijong and Safety Bay Rds (or St Albans Rd with a detour to Macnutts) while this is on but has anyone any further info on this project?

Yeah... I'm digging it now on my commutes. Crossing South St. halfway between the Freeway & Murdoch Ave is so much easier than the lights at the Trainstation/On&OffRamps etc.. Kudos to JBark for plotting it out visually.

- KymProud to have been a regular during BNA's heyday. I'm still reachable by PM (email alerts) - dec 2016

This is the update on the Main Roads website"Kwinana Freeway Widening : Key Dates

Late August 2012: Kwinana Freeway southbound: the three lanes will be opened November 2012: Noise walls to be completed September 2012: Principal Shared Path (PSP) under the Parry Avenue Bridge will re-open October 2012: PSP and access ramp at Bull Creek station (under Leach Highway Bridge) will open December 2012: Kwinana Freeway northbound: the three lanes are scheduled to open September 2013: Landscaping, including planting and seeding will be completed

These dates are approximate and will be subject to weather conditions."

Note that MR were so excited that they got the chronology screwed. Perhaps that'll flow on to the practical? I'd expect that we don't get the PSP back in working order until Xmas. The signs at Parry Ave state August but the works viewed from the freeway suggest longer, much.

I haven't commuted for a couple months, but on Tuesday there was a Tour de Bateman (deTour de Bateman?) just South of Leach Hwy. So many signs that I actually got lost and ended popping out onto the path on Leach after finding a way out.

I'm thinking of just bypassing the whole area via Murdoch Drv between Leach and Farrington...

wizzfizz wrote:I haven't commuted for a couple months, but on Tuesday there was a Tour de Bateman (deTour de Bateman?) just South of Leach Hwy. So many signs that I actually got lost and ended popping out onto the path on Leach after finding a way out.

I'm thinking of just bypassing the whole area via Murdoch Drv between Leach and Farrington...

I gave up with the signs last night. Ended up at some roundabout and a cut through to Leach. Not too bad I suppose. On the way back the signs were all there which was good.

I did think about using Karel Ave or Murdoch Drive but I found the alternative route to be rather pleasant. It would be good to see if there will be a decent path left behind after they finish all the works.

please see below the revised dates for the PSP re-openings related to the Kwinana Freeway Widening & Upgrade project.

Parry Avenue - mid-October 2012Date cannot be confirmed at this point due to drainage design issues.Delays have also resulted from issues with Noisewall installation, resulting from problems with underground service providers.

South Street (Murdoch Station) - Mid-October/November 2012Detour in place to allow for the realignment of the freeway off-ramp

Leach Highway - November 2012This will reopen when the PTA access road opens

*A PSP detour will be setup in the next week between Scandrett Way and South Street while noisewalls are installed in this area.The detour will be in place for approximately 3 weeks.

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